Had a couple buddies tell me that if you fertilize a few acorns tree in the spring and summer it will make the acorns much sweeter and the deer will go to those trees. It is like going to your favorite restarant where you love the food. They said to use triple 13 for your fertilizer.

u just might killl ur tree.... ive seen it happen several times.

I'll put it to you like this. People have tried to predict acorn crops and learn how to predict acorn crop yield for decades, and they can't.

So many factors such as tree diameter, crown diameter, type of oak tree (white, red, black), rainfall, timing of last freeze, amount of wind present during pollination, amount of rain during maturation all effect the amount and quality of acorns produced.

I seriously doubt spreading some fertilizer will have much impact, but if it makes you feel better go for it. Secondly, most of the fertilizer would go into vegetative growth not acorn production. Also a blanket Triple 13 fertilizer is rarely the answer to any soil fertility problems. If you fertilize you need to get a soil test period to maximize the productivity and economics of the site you have selected to fertilize.

Unlike tinkerbell's answer, my answer would be to do it. I went to a management seminar last year that was for deer and the habitat for deer. One of the things that was mentioned was doing just what you said. Clear out all brush and other vegetation from under the tree for 8-12 ft from the trunk. Nothing was said about making the acorns sweeter but the fertilizer will make the tree grow faster and the bigger the tree the more acorns it will produce. We were shown oak trees that were 10-12 years old and were 18-24 inches in diameter with a very healthy crown(don't remember the type of oak). A second thing that can be done to help the oaks is use Remedy and kill other trees outside of the drip line, simple let them die and fall.

I've used tree spike fertilizer spikes with good success in the past. Don't know about sweeter but it loaded them up with acorns. I don't know why you'd want to though. All it did was pile up the corn on the ground under the feeders.

I have had very good success fertilizing oaks, have been doing it for past 4 years. Would suggest you select the best oaks, do soil test to start, clear under growth, if ground is hard pack loosen it and apply from trunk out to drip line of the crown. Company I work for now has soil additives so I now have portable soil & irrigation test kit, makes by guess and by golly alot easier...Good luck

A healthy oak tree should not need supplemental feeding. With that said, oak trees do respond to nitrogen. Apply N to the outer 2/3 of the drip line at the rate of 2-4 lbs of actual nitrogen per 1000 square feet. That is 6-12 lbs of 33-0-0 or 10-20 lbs of 20 per cent N per 1000 sq.ft. This will give you more limb growth and a more lush color. Not sure how the acorn crop will respond. It is important to note that you must NEVER over fertilizer. Rank,spindley limb growth and a weakened tree will be the result. Early spring and/or late fall are the times. Also remember that the root zone of an oak can extend a healthy distance out past the drip line. Remember you are dealing with a tree that could be 200 years old. DON'T do anything that might harm it.

water is a bigger key then fertilizer i think. i have 2 huge oaks in my yard and in years that i don't water as much, the crop is noticeably less then the years they get a lot of water.

Sorry, you can't make it what its not, there are alot of different types of oaks that produce a wide variety of acorns that each have its own taste, some are bitter and will always be bitter, some are sweet and will always be sweet.

Thats like trying to fertilize a native Texas pecan to give you a bigger pecan, isn't happening.